Texas

Here we are next to the Mexican border again, trying to stay warm!

South Padre Island used to be a beautiful, desolate place where native Karankawa Indians, migratory birds, and sea turtles were the only residents. The Island was granted to Nicolás Ballí from King Carlos of Spain [...]

We're in El Paso, Texas, which has 300+ days of sunshine per year, except for TODAY. Plan A was to go to Phoenix, which we ditched for bad weather. Plan B was to go to [...]

Dallas is the place for golf, music, BBQ and for us - family.

Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas is named for the bend in the Rio Grande river that carves majestic canyons, and creates political boundaries. Big Bend is one of the largest, most remote, and [...]

Mike tagged along with Walt Yund and his friend Bob Bigler (a bonafide Texan).  Bob showed them some Texas hospitality at his ranch for three days, before the trek to Big Bend National Park. [...]

Austin is on the short list for Amazon's HQ2.  Things in common with Seattle:  tech savvy workforce, clean and green dog-friendly city, health conscious populace, and new high rise offices and condos.  Oh - and [...]

Dallas was our "home" for a week for annual flight training at a new company called Flight Safety.   While in town, we sampled some FINE Texas BBQ.

We make it a point to see many Presidential Libraries, regardless of politics.   Their purpose is clearly to cherry pick, polish and present their administration in the most flattering of lights.  The unprecedented media [...]

How big is this Texas homage to the Cowboys?  The "Palace in Dallas" is the biggest in the NFL.  So tall that you could stand the Statue of Liberty inside and her torch would not [...]

A stopover in Lubbock, TX allowed us time to catch up with our niece, Ashley, and visit Texas Tech University.  TTU campus is home to the undergraduate school, law school and medical school, and is [...]